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Here were a number of graves. On one of the stones was
the following inscription which affected us very much.

An angel came to gather flowers
To deck the throne of heaven.
He took the purest and the fairest
That God to earth had given.
He took our darling Josie
Our Cherished hope and joy,
We tried in vain to keep him
Our darling little boy.

We drifted in our conversation to one on children.  So
many persons talk about childhood's happy hours; we
however, concluded for our experiences and knowledge
of this world, that children truly have it very hard in this
world.  Cypripedium aucaule was found every now and
then and I collected a few specimens for the press, we remarked
upon the scarcity of the flower, some very pretty
plants being found without bloom.  I noticed also that
the plant seems to prefer the shade under the chestnut.
Continuing our journey we passed a pretty spring on the
left of the road, it was now past 12 o'clock so we
        